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    Oracle Standard Edition 2 High Availability (HA)

    Oracle introduced SE2HA as an answer to customer frustration after dropping RAC support on Standard Edition 2. But questions remain about licensing terms, compatibility, and whether this truly solves the high-availability gap. Here's our initial analysis.

    Dean Bolton

    Dean Bolton

    Chief Architect, LicenseFortress

    May 2020
    2 min read
    Oracle Standard Edition 2 High Availability (HA)

    Oracle introduced SE2HA as an answer to customer frustration after dropping RAC support on Standard Edition 2. But questions remain about licensing terms, compatibility, and whether this truly solves the high-availability gap. Here's our initial analysis.

    The bottom line

    Oracle introduced SE2HA as an answer to customer frustration after dropping RAC support on Standard Edition 2. But questions remain about licensing terms, compatibility, and whether this truly solves the high-availability gap. Here's our initial analysis.

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    About the author

    Dean Bolton

    Dean Bolton

    Chief Architect, LicenseFortress

    Dean leads LicenseFortress' technical licensing practice, covering Oracle, VMware, virtualization and infrastructure licensing rules.

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